Rewa (princely State) - Rulers of Rewa - List of Rulers

List of Rulers

• Maharaja SHAKTIVAN Deo 1495/1500
• Maharaja VEER SINGH Deo 1500/1540
• Maharaja VIRBHAN SINGH 1540/1555
• Maharaja RAMCHANDRA SINGH 1555/1592
• Maharaja DURYODHAN SINGH 1593/1618 (deposed), 19th Raja of Bandhogarh
• Maharaja VIKRAMADITYA 1618/1630, his accession gave rise to disturbances, Akbar intervenedand captured and dismantled the Bandhogarh fort in 1597 after a siege of eight months. Itis after this that the town of Rewa started gaining in importance. It is said to have beenfounded by Raja Vikramaditya in 1618 (which perhaps means that he undertook the construction of palaces and other buildings there because the place had already assumed importance in 1554 when it was held by Jalal Khan son of emperor Shershah), married and had issue, four sons.
  • Maharaja AMAR SINGH II (qv)
  • Kunwar Indra Singh, he was granted Patharhat Estate.
  • Kunwar Sarup Singh, he was granted Panasi Estate.
  • Kunwar Angad Rai, he was granted Chandiya Estate.
• Maharaja AMAR SINGH II 1630/1643, married and had issue.
  • Maharaja ANOOP SINGH (qv)
  • Raja FATEH SINGH, rebelled against his father and established himself in Sohawal.
• Maharaja ANOOP SINGH 1643/1660, married and had issue, three sons.
  • Maharaja BHAO SINGH (qv)
  • Kunwar Yashwant Singh, he was granted the Jagir of Gudh, married and had issue, two sons.
    • Kunwar Mukund Singh, he was granted the estate of Semariya.
    • Kunwar Anirudh Singh, adopted by his uncle and succeeded as Maharaja ANIRUDH SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Jhujhar Singh, he was granted the estate of Ramnagar Itma.
• Maharaja BHAO SINGH 1660/1690, married 1stly, Maharani Ajab Kunwar, daughter of Maharana RAJ SINGH I of Udaipur, married 2ndly, 1668, Maharani Kunj Kumari, a daughter of Raikwar Thakur Sadan Singh of Nadan in Rewah State, and had adoptive issue. He died sp 1690.
• Maharaja ANIRUDH SINGH 1690/1700, born as Kunwar Anirudh Singh, son of Thakur Yashwant Singh of Gudh, adopted by his uncle; married and had issue, one son.
  • Maharaja AVADHUT SINGH (qv)
• Maharaja AVADHUT SINGH 1700/1755, the state was sacked by Hirde Shah of Panna in about 1731, causing the Raja to flee to Pratapgarh in Oudh; married (amongst others), (a), Maharani Ratan Kumari Devi, married (b), Maharani Sagun Kunwar, daughter of Umara-i-Uzzam Maharaja Mahendra GOPAL SINGH of Bhadawar, and his fifth wife, the daughter of Raja Madho Singh Sirnet of Bansi, and had issue, one son.
  • Maharaja AJIT SINGH (qv)
• Maharaja AJIT SINGH 1755/1809, married Maharani Kundan Kunwar, died 1802, daughter of Chandel Thakur Vikram Singh of Silpatra, and had issue, one son. He died 1809.
  • Maharaja JAI SINGH (qv)
• Maharaja JAI SINGH 1809/1835, born 4 January 1765; in 1812 a body of Pindaris raided Mirzapur from Rewa territory. Upon this Jaisingh was called upon to accede to a treaty, in which he acknowledged the protection of the British Government, and agreed to refer all disputes with neighbouring chiefs to their arbitration and to allow British troops to march through or be cantoned in his territories; married 1stly, a daughter of Gaharwar Raja Udhhat Singh of Manda, married 2ndly, a daughter of Dikshit Raja Madhav Singh of Goraiya, and had issue, three sons and one daughter. He died 1835.
  • Maharaja VISHWANATH SINGH
  • Babu Laxman Singh, he was granted the estate of Madhavgarh estate, married and had issue, two sons.
    • Kunwar Ran Bahadur Singh, married a daughter of Sirnet Raja Prakash Singh of Bansi in U.P. He died sp.
    • Kunwar (name unknown), succeeded his brother in Madhavgarh, died without issue, and the estate was merged into Rewah.
    • Kumari (name unknown), married Maharana JAWAN SINGH of Udaipur.
    • Kumari (name unknown), married 1834, Maharana JAWAN SINGH of Udaipur.
  • Babu Balbhadra Singh, he was granted the estate of Amarpatan; married Rani Chhavinath Kunwari, daughter of Gaharwar Thakur Manbodh Singh of Kaithaha estate in Rewah (a relation of the Raja Saheb of Manda in U.P.), and had issue.
    • Kumari (name unknown), married 1837, Maharaja SARDAR SINGH of Bikaner.
  • Maharajkumari Sahodar Kunwar, married 1823, Maharana JAWAN SINGH of Udaipur.
• Maharaja VISHWANATH SINGH 1835/1854, born 1789, married and had issue, one sons and three daughters. He died 1854.
  • HH Maharaja RAGHURAJ SINGH Bahadur (qv)
  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaja RAM SINGH II of Jaipur.
  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaj Mahabat Singh of Jodhpur.
  • Maharajkumari Subhadra Kumari, married 2 July 1821, Yuvraj (later) Maharana JAWAN SINGH of Udaipur.
• Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Sir RAGHURAJ SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (1876–1918)1854/1880, born 1831, Maharaja Raghuraj Singh helped theBritish in quelling the uprisings in the neighbouring Mandla and Jabalpur districtain the mutiny of 1857, and in Nagod which is now a part of Satna district, for this,the Maharaja was rewarded by restoration to him of the Sohagpur (Shahdol) and Amarkantak parganas, which had been seized by the Marathas in the beginning of thecentury, Maharaja ; married eight wives, including 1stly, 1845, daughter ofBisen Raja of Bhadri in Oudh, married 2ndly, 1851, HH Maharani Sobhag Kanwar, daughterof Maharana SARDAR SINGH of Udaipur, and had issue, one son and several daughters. Hedied 5 February 1880.
  • Lt.Col. HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhavesh Shri Maharaja Sir VENKAT RAMAN RAMANUJ PRASAD SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
  • Maharajkumari Vishnuprasad Kunwar, born 1846, married 1864, Maharaj Kishore Singh of Jodhpur.
  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married 1903, HH Maharao Raja Sir RAGHUBIR SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur of Bundi. She died 1904.
• Lt.Col. HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhavesh Shri Maharaja Sir VENKAT RAMAN RAMANUJ PRASAD SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur 1880/1918, born 23 July 1876, G.C.S.I., married 1stly, 1892, HH Maharani Shivraj Kumari Devi, died 1917, daughter of Maharaja Sir RADHAPRASAD SINGH Bahadur of Dumraon in Bihar, married 2ndly, HH Maharani Gulab Kumari, died1913, daughter of HH Maharaja Sir RANJIT SINGH of Ratlam, married 3rdly, 1904, HH Maharani Keerat Kumari, daughter of General Parihar Thakur Bakhsh Singh of Thikana Jhagarpur in U.P., and had issue, two sons and one daughter. He died 3 November 1918.** HH Bandhvesh Maharaja Sir GHULAB SINGH Bahadur (qv)
  • Maharajkumar Ravendra Ramanuj Prasad Singh (by Maharani Keerat Kumari), born 10 January 1917; died 10 June 1940.
  • HH Maharani Sudarshan Prasad Kumari, born 5 September 1906, married 18 April 1922, HH Maharajadhiraj Sri SADUL SINGH of Bikaner, and had issue. She died 19 December 1971.
• Major-General HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhavesh Shri Maharaja Sir GHULAB SINGH JuDeo Bahadur 1918/1946 (deposed 30 January 1946), born 12 March 1903, G.C.I.E. K.C.S.I., married 1stly, 25 June 1919, HH Bandhveshwari Shri MaharaniSahiba Samrajyi Kunwar, born 1903, died 1954, daughter of HH Maharaja Dhiraj Maharaja SriSir SARDAR SINGHJI Bahadur of Jodhpur, married 2ndly, 18 February 1925, HH MaharaniBallabh Kumari, daughter of Lt.-Col. HH Umdae Rajhae Buland Makan Maharajadhiraja MaharajaSir MADAN SINGH Bahadur of Kishangarh, and had issue, one son. He died 13 April 1950.
  • HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhavesh Shri Maharaja MARTAND SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
• HH Bandhvesh Maharaja Sir GHULAB SINGH Bahadur (1903–1950) HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhavesh Shri Maharaja MARTAND SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur 1946/1995, born 15 March 1923,elected to the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Lok Sabha representing Rewa ParliamentaryConstituency of Madhya Pradesh during 1971-1977 and 1980-1989. An agriculturist andbusinessman by profession, he was Raj Pramukh of Vindhya Pradesh. He was a very popularand active social worker. As a philanthropist, he built hospitals, dispensaries and organised camps for providing medical aid to indigent and sick people. He donated hispalace at Satna and other properties for establishment of educational institutions likeBanaras Hindu University and College in Satna. A widely travelled person, he evinced keen interest in the fields of sports, education, photography, archaeology and wildlifepreservation. He established and developed National Park at Bandhogarh. He had served asa member of All India Wildlife Preservation Board and as the Director of Madhya PradeshUdyog Vikas Nigam, Bhopal. He also made special efforts for development of irrigation,industries, transport, electrification and rail services in his area, married 1943, HHMaharani Praveen Kunverba, born 1926, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao ShriVIJAYARAJJI KHENGARJI Sawai Bahadur of Kutch, and his wife, HH Maharani Shri PadmakunwarBa Sahiba, and had issue. He died 20 November 1995 at Rewa.
• HH Maharajadhiraj Pushpraj Singh Ju Deo, born 03 July, 1960, Elected to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in 1990, 1993 and 1998 and held the Ministry of State for Education and Urban Development. Also, member of Wildlife board of India Chairman of HH Maharaja Martand Singh Ju deo charitable Trust and Bandhavgarh Foundation Trust. Managing Director or Pushpraj Enterprises Ltd and HHR Group of Hotels. Married Maharani Ragini Singh (Jabalpur)in 1983 and had issues, one son and one daughter.
  • Yuvraj Divyaraj Singh Born 11th March, 1985. Education in Lawrence School, Sanawar, H.P., Sydenham College, Mumbai and MBA in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Cesar Ritz College, Brig, Switzerland. Married Vasundhra Raj Laxmi of Nagar Untari (Jharkhand), daughter or Raja Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo, 30th January, 2013.
  • Maharajkumari Mohena Kumari Singh, born 18th July, 1988. Education from Villa Teresa High School, Mumbai, Jai hind College and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Finalist of the dance show on Zee tv Dance India Dance.